Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Still Me

 

Raspberry Cocoa Cookies, a chocolate raspberry cookie with a sweet marshmallow filled treat on top. | recipe developed by www.BakingInATornado.com | #recipe #cookies 

I've decided not to change my name. 

Honestly, it isn't really anything I would have just arbitrarily considered on my own, but it came up. Well, in a roundabout sort of way, but I did give the possibility its due diligence.

It started with FB {{sigh}}. I have a FB page called BIAT by Karen B. I didn't want it, I don't need it, I already have a Baking In A Tornado page that I use, but FB forced me to create it, claiming that I use my personal page as a business and I could start this one or they would. Absurd, but whatever. We all know you can't argue with toddlers or with FB. 

I recently received a friend request on FB. It happens often, friends of friends might see an interesting conversation on one of my personal posts and send me an invite. I check them out (a little covert sleuthing being the prudent course of action on these occasions) and accept. A short time later, she sent me a PM: "I see you have a page called BIAT by Karen B. Can I ask what BIAT stands for?" 

Baking In A Tornado has always been my answer, of course. It's been my blog's name since day one, when my first choice for a name turned out to already be taken and PurDude helped choose this one. But should it be? Maybe, before I answer her, I should consider it, an identity do over.

It would have to work with BIAT by Karen B because, I'm not going through another name change on that page. The last time, when they insisted I change it from whatever they did when they forcibly created it, it required my providing everything but a clean bill of health from a proctologist. I'm not sure how that missed that requirement, but I wouldn't be surprised if they haven't added it by now.
 
 
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So, with no current intent to visit a proctologist, we're working with the BIAT acronym. I'm sure I can come up with plenty of options to consider.

Like BIAT:
 
Bitchy, Intentional, Acidic, Tactless
 ~ too honest?
 
Bodacious, Intriguing, And Transparent
 ~ too dishonest?
 
Bewildered, Imagining Alternative Truths
 ~ too desperate?
 
Blogger: Iffy And Taboo
 ~ too confusing.
 
Braless Is Actually Transcendental
 ~ TMI?
 
Banal, Idly Awaiting Transformation
 ~ at least I'm hopeful.
 
Babbling, Intending A Thought
 ~ if the shoe fits . . .
 
Bungling Into All Tasks
 ~ too obvious.
 
Butter Is Arguably Theraputic
 ~ wonder how many page views that would gain me.
 
Burnt Is A Technique
 ~ wonder how many page views that would lose me. 
 
 
Raspberry Cocoa Cookies, a chocolate raspberry cookie with a sweet marshmallow filled treat on top. | recipe developed by www.BakingInATornado.com | #recipe #cookies
Raspberry Cocoa Cookies
 
 
Bizarre, Illogical, Although Trying
 ~ at least I'm trying.
 
Banned, Illicit, And Tawdry
 ~ and not even trying? 

Busted In Another Tirade
 ~ I can just hear my boys saying this one is on point.

Basking In Alternate Temperaments
 ~ too openly delusional?

Best Intentions Are Trouble
 ~ forget a blog, I could write a book.

Berserk Is A Talent
 ~ at least I could factually claim to be talented . . .

All things considered (well, 16 things anyway), I think maybe I'd best stick to Baking In A Tornado. It fits.
 
Unless you've got another suggestion . . .



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Raspberry Cocoa Cookies   
                                                        ©www.BakingInATornado.com

Ingredients:
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 tsp raspberry extract
1 packet (1.25 oz) Raspberry Dark Chocolate Cocoa
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
1 TBSP baking cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
 
1/2 cup canned marshmallow frosting
2 TBSP raspberry or black raspberry jam

24 Hershey's Hot Cocoa Kisses, unwrapped

Directions:
*Cream the butter and raspberry extract, then beat in the raspberry cocoa. Mix in the powdered sugar, flour, baking cocoa, and salt until it forms a dough.
*Roll into a log, about 12 inches long, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for an hour.
 *Whisk together the marshmallow frosting and the raspberry jam. Refrigerate.
*Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cover cookie sheets with parchment paper.
*Remove cookie dough from fridge and cut into about 1/2 inch slices. Bake for 12 minutes. Allow to cool completely (about 25 minutes).
*Place a dollop of the frosting onto the center of each cookie and top each with a Hot Cocoa Kiss, then immediately refrigerate to set.

10 comments:

  1. I'm so glad you're still you!
    I would add one last, AFTER all the rest: 'Boy! I am tired!!!'

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  2. Diane wins! Actually, I'm in awe of all the BIAT's you came up with. I thought of "Baby I'm Amazed That"...but, then what? And it's 5 letters. That's why I don't do word puzzles...and "Don't Argue with Toddlers or Facebook" are words to live by! Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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    1. You've got a good start there. Maybe what follows "that" should be left up to interpretation.

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  3. No other suggestions. Some people do think burnt is a technique, although they call it blackened. Real blackened takes some talent, though, and it's far from burnt. (Sorry, many of us are still sore about the idea a few years back that all you have to do to cook like south Louisiana people is cover it with pepper and burn it.)

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    1. I love Cajun cooking, spicy and flavorful and most definitely NOT burnt.

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  4. My brain is tired just from reading all of your ideas!

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  5. Good to hear you are still you better then being some one else

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